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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/27/2014 10:33:18 AM   
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? Really?

The Twins have to approve him playing winter ball I believe, Sweens. He's already under contract for it?


This came up last year when people thought they might send him to the AFL after being shut down with his elbow pain. I don't remember the specific rules, but it was a very complicated deal for Sano to be allowed to play in the AFL. That was why he went to his winter team instead.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/27/2014 10:34:07 AM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 7:33:36 AM   
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Roch gave up 2 in the 7th and 8th, lost 4-3

Herrmann 1-4/2R HR(4), Flormon 1-4/double/R

Johnson 6Ip 2H/2R/4BB/5K
Oliveros BS 1-21.1Ip 2-2 IRS 5H/2R/2K
Tonkin .2IP H 0-1 IRS


NB won 11-7 in 11 innings

Polanco 3-6/Solo HR(1)R/3RBI/E(10), Knudson 3-4/2doubles/2R, Rosario 1-6/R/3RBI/2SB(7)/Assist@3rd(playing CF), Wimberly 3-5/double/R/2RBI/SB(16), Gonzales 2-6/double/2RBI

Johnson 3IP 6H/5R/4ER/BB/2K
Fuller 2IP 2H/K
Wimmers 2IP 2H/R/2BB/3K
Melotakis 1.1IP H/BB
Turpen 5-2 2.2IP 0-2 IRS 4H/R/BB/K

FTM was 6-hit in 8-1 loss

Walker 2-4/double(19)/E(6), Turner 1-3/BB/R

Tomshaw 11-6 5IP 8H/5R/3ER/BB/5K/E(1)
TJones 2IP 5H/3R/2K
Hermsen IP


CRapids 3-2 winner in 11, on a throwing error. In the playoffs as 2nd half division winner

Hinojosa 2-6/Solo HR(1)/2RBI, Vavra 1-4/R
Eades 6IP 4H/2R/BB/6K/E(2)
Bixler 2IP BB/2K
Reed 2IP H/BB/2K
Montanez 2-4 IP K

Eliz made the playoffs, with a 9-8 win in 10 innings

Kuresa 2-4/double/BB/2R/RBI/SB(1), Fernandez 2-4/triple/BB/R/RBI/E(2), Vavra 2-5/double/BB/R/RBI, Gordon 2-5/BB/R/RBI/SB(11), Kelly 2-4/BB/R, Schmit 1-4/BB/2R

Jorge 3IP 7H/4R/3ER/BB/5K
Irby 3IP H/BB/4K
Booser 2IP 4H/3UER/BB/2K
DRod BS/2-2 2IP 2H/R

GCL Twins lost 5-2

3 hits, Baez 1-4/RBI, Barrie 1-3, Valera 0-0/BB/HBP/2R/3SB(13)

Theofanopoulos 2-3 5IP 6H/3R/BB/5K
Silva 3IP H/BB/2K
Zazueta IP 3H/2R/2BB/K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 9:03:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Gordon; good stuff.
Cannot say I've been impressed with Jorge. I don't quite get the love for him as a prospect really.
Polanco hopefully picking it up at AA.
I still like Walker but it's tough to be a productive ML hitter with a .303 OBP. He's shown some really good signs this month that hopefully continue: .300/.364/.522/.886. SO/BB still not good though at 27/9 this month.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 10:36:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good look at this year's draft picks and how they're doing so far:

http://www.twinkietown.com/2014/8/27/6068989/catching-up-with-the-twins-2014-draft-picks

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 10:41:39 AM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 11:28:41 AM   
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Wow! Almost September and not a UCL injury in the bunch.


Thanks for jinxing it Sweens. I hope you can live with yourself when a bunch of Twins' prospects lose their legs due to amputations in the next few weeks.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 12:12:08 PM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 1:17:54 PM   
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http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140627&content_id=81736472&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t576&sid=t576

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140626&content_id=81653928&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t576&sid=t576

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 2:01:59 PM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 4:19:47 PM   
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Polanco 2-4/R, Barrie 2-4/double

Tapia 5-2, 5IP 3H/3R/2ER/3K/2HR
Nordgrem 3IP 4H/2K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/28/2014 5:00:49 PM   
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http://www.news-press.com/story/sports/2014/08/27/two-mph-pitchers-join-miracle-bullpen/14718347/


One of the other things I'm excited about in the minors. I really think those two guys could transform the back end of the pen by the end of next season even. They should rise really quickly. Imagine a pen by the end of 2015 of:

Perkins
Jones
Burdi
Fien
Tonkin
May
One of Darnell/Melotakis/Thielbar (2nd lefty)

That could be a nasty-boys style pen very very soon. And there are plenty of good backup options if any of those guys don't pan out.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 6:08:00 AM   
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Roch 2 runs in the 7th and 8th, 6-3 win

Florimon 2-4/triple/R/3RBI, Herrmann 2-4/Solo HR(5), Ortiz 1-3/BB/2R, Colabello 1-4/2R, Rahl 2-4

Vasquez 4IP 5H/2R/4BB/5K
Darnell 7-6 3.2IP H/R/BB/3K
Pryor IP H/BB/2K
Tonkin .1IP BB/Save(10)

NB 3 run 9th 5-3 win

Thomas 3-4/Solo HR/3RBI, Hanson/Gonzales 2-4/double/R

Wheeler 7IP 8H/R/BB/4K/HR
Ibarra BS/2-1 2IP 2H/2R/BB/2K


FTM Rained out

CRapids lost 3-2

Hinojosa 3-4/BB,Vavra 2-4/double

Hu 7-2 4IP 4H/3R/3BB/5K
Boyd 3IP 2H/2K
Mazza 2IP H/5K

Eliz 9 run 7th, 13-6 win

Gordon 3-5/triple(4)/R/4RBI/E(7), Mautner 2-5/double/Solo HR(5)/2R/4RBI, Hurt 3-5/R, Vavra 2-4/double(20)/BB/2R/RBI, Kuresa 1-2/double/3BB/2R/RBI,Diemer 2-5/R/RBI

Penilla 3I 8H/5R/4K
Tillery 3IP 2H/R/2K
Lo 3-0 2IP 2H/2BB/5K
Steele IP 2H/2K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 6:17:50 AM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 8:07:43 AM   
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Ya gotta know Ronnie is itching to get his boy Flowerman back up here.



And FLowerman has been playing some 3rd and 2nd, so now he's really a Futility infielder.

Lots of AAA xbh for Flowerman. That's what he is. A AAA guy.

But he'll be back.

And they'll trade a player or players that are better to keep him.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 8:58:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 9:03:25 AM   
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Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.



Allof which is amazing. At the start of the year, SS was a position of weakness, and there wasn't thought to me much depth at 2nd.

Escobar's breakthrough year and adding Nunez, and the jumps made by Polanco and Santana changed that. Late surge by Michael adds on.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 9:06:53 AM   
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Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.



Allof which is amazing. At the start of the year, SS was a position of weakness, and there wasn't thought to me much depth at 2nd.

Escobar's breakthrough year and adding Nunez, and the jumps made by Polanco and Santana changed that. Late surge by Michael adds on.


No doubt. I never would have guessed it. I've always been a Polanco guy but thought he was a bit farther away than he now appears to be. And never thought Santana/Escobar would ever be anything. Michael appeared to have too many injuries to make it. Happy as hell to have all of that change. Plus the best of them all in Gordon being drafted.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 11:52:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nunez is a nice hitter, who is semi-proven at major league level. But, he's too shaky defensively at SS and 3B to be a starter.
Michael has only played 2B this year, does not look like he has the quickness/range to be a SS.
I've seen Polanco probably 7 or 8 games now, don't yet have an opinion. He's good enough defensively but that's all I've seen so far.
Hitting? just OK, nothing I can really comment on. If he's back in AA next year, maybe I'll like him better.
(As I've said before, Santana looks like a good-enough hitter, lots of foot speed, at least better-than-average defensivley although he made some careless plays here in 2013.)
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 12:20:33 PM   
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Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.


This is truly surprising, Skilz, as I've never known you to have this kind of strong conviction on a young player still in, say, rookie ball.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 7:50:29 PM   
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Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.


This is truly surprising, Skilz, as I've never known you to have this kind of strong conviction on a young player still in, say, rookie ball.




I know you're shocked man.

I just think the bloodlines are too good and he's definitely the best of the 3 in that family (as all 3 admit). We've gotten the consensus best position player prospect in the draft 2 of the last 3 years. Now we need to get some freaking pitching.

< Message edited by djskillz -- 8/29/2014 7:51:29 PM >

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/29/2014 11:41:24 PM   
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Which is really ridiculous given our new SS depth there in the organization. For the first time in a LONG time we appear to be okay at SS for a good while.

Gordon is raking right now. Great to see. Have absolutely no doubt he'll be an impact player for us in a few years.


This is truly surprising, Skilz, as I've never known you to have this kind of strong conviction on a young player still in, say, rookie ball.




I know you're shocked man.

I just think the bloodlines are too good and he's definitely the best of the 3 in that family (as all 3 admit). We've gotten the consensus best position player prospect in the draft 2 of the last 3 years. Now we need to get some freaking pitching.



Good one Pete, but I'm with skilz on this kid.
And for the same reason he brought up ... the rest of the family readily admits he is the best player in the family.
And in THAT family, that's pretty damn high praise.

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/30/2014 8:35:20 AM   
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Roch 3-2 win

Farris 1-4/2R RH(3), Colabello 2-3/double/BB/R

Gilmartin 5.1Ip 6H/2R/5K
Achter 4-4 2Ip 2H/2K
Thompson .1IP BB 0-1 IRS
Pryor .1IP K/0-2 IRS
Oliveros IP K/Save(5)

Roch has to win all 3 games left to get into the playoffs.


NB lost 4-3
6 hits. Rodriguez 4-1 Solo HR(21), THomals 1-4 SOlo HR(12), WIckens 2-4/double/RBI,Rosario 1-4/SB(8)

Dean 7IP 7H/2R/2K
Boer 1.2IP H/2K
O'Rourke BS/2-4 .1IP 2H/2R/HR

FTM was to play 2, got one in, lost 3-1

Kepler 2-3/BGB, Walker 1-4/R

Baxendale 4-4 5Ip 5H/2R/4K
Muren IP 4H/R/K
Van Steensel IP 2H/2K

CRapids lost 6-1 game called early

Garver 1-2/Solo HR(16/77 rbi's)

Batts 2IP 2K
Wilson 3-4 2.2Ip 5H/5R/3ER/Bb/4K/2HR
Bixler 1.1IP 2H/R/BB


Eliz lost 5-2. 5 hits

White 1-2/2BB, Pineda 1-4/R

Poulson 0-1 1.1IP 3H/4R/5BB/2K
LeBlanc 2.2IP H/4K 1-2 IRS
Cederoth IP H/UER/K
buris 2IP 3K
Clay IP 2K
Hildenberger IP 2K

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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/30/2014 8:52:34 AM   
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RE: Players and prospects III - 8/30/2014 7:15:46 PM   
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Injured/dead arm/ to be determined.

Announcers also saying Meyer only hit 90 mph once, everything else in the 80s
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